Mayur Trivedi

- Mayur Trivedi is Associate Professor with Public Health Foundation of India and is posted at the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar.

- He received his Ph.D. entitled ‘planning for Health Coverage for Emerging Diseases In India: A Case Study of HIV And AIDS’ from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University. He has undergone a Short Intensive Programme on HIV/AIDS at Sydney University, Australia as Australian Leadership Award Fellow. He also has Post-Graduate Diploma in Health Management.

- He has 13 years of experience in conducting and managing field research around thematic areas of health expenditure and health financing, economics of HIV and AIDS, costing of health interventions, and evaluation of healthcare interventions.

- He has co-authored some pioneering work around health insurance for people living with HIV in India.

- He has keen interest in theater, photography, and film making. He explores opportunities to marry his hobby with his work.

There was a time when the most important question was, "Why does HIV need to be covered?" With free ART in place, a low HIV incidence rate and unprecedented expansion of health insurance coverage in India, the more appropriate question now is "Why not cover HIV as well?"